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| “ | Police Brutality coming up! | „ |
| ~ Kurtis Stryker's battle cry Mortal Kombat (2011) |
Kurtis Stryker is a major character of the Mortal Kombat series. He appears as a major protagonist turned antagonist of Mortal Kombat 9, and a minor antagonist of Mortal Kombat X. He is the leader of the New York Police Department's Special Riot Control squad who was killed by Sindel, until becoming a revenant.
He is voiced by Matthew Mercer (who also voiced the character in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, Leon S. Kennedy in Resident Evil 6 and Robin in Batman: Arkham Knight).
History[]
Backstory[]
Kurtis Stryker gained a reputation as being one of the New York City Police Department's finest officers, being decorated for single-handedly defeating terrorists that took over the Greenberg Tower, and also saving passengers on a bus rigged to explode.
Mortal Kombat (2011)[]
Stryker is first seen during Outworld's invasion. Part of the New York City SWAT team alongside his partner Kabal, Stryker and Kabal were completely out of their depth. However, Reptile appeared and attack the duo on the rooftop, they tried shooting at him, but no effect. When Kabal was injured, Stryker battle Reptile and defeated him, he and Kabal decided to head down the streets to help then they spotted Mileena. While he swiftly defeated her, a dragon flew very near Stryker's head. Mileena ran towards Stryker, but Raiden intervened shocking her unconscious with his lightning. Stryker asked who he was, but after Raiden flinched with pain, unbeknownst to Stryker receiving a vision, he wondered if he was alright. Stryker and Kabal were distracted by seeing Johnny Cage fighting Motaro, with Stryker commenting it was like something out of Cage's movies, before Raiden intervened, flying the Centaurian through the bridge. while the riot cops were left wondering how he could do that, they were interrupted by Kintaro, and Stryker urged Kabal to spread out. However, while reloading his gun, Stryker was horrified to see Kintaro burn Kabal alive, and took the monster on himself, beating him much to his own surprise.
Stryker radioed base again, asking for Medevac to save Kabal, with them giving an ETA of ten minutes, but Ermac telekinetically threw him into the Subway. With the mystical ninja intent on taking his soul, Stryker battled him, and managed to beat him. Right afterwards, he saw Nightwolf, whom had been looking for him. While he warily drew his pistol, the Shamam informed him that Raiden needed him to join with his fellow defenders of Earthrealm. Stryker joined Nightwolf, but they found Kabal was gone, with Stryker reckoning someone must have taken him as he was in no fit state and Medevac hadn't reached him yet.
Stryker and his friend Kabal aided the Earthrealm warriors in their fight but when Raiden left to meet with the Elder Gods the heroes were attacked by Sindel. Stryker was one of the many warriors killed by the Edenian queen.
After his death Stryker along with all the other dead heroes was revived by Quan Chi and was turned into a revenant just like all the others. Shao Kahn was eventually stopped and killed by the Elder Gods but at a heavy price. Instead of dying in the future Armageddon Stryker and the other heroes died far to early in the new timeline. This action would haunt Raiden for the rest of his life he would have to live with the guilt knowing they all died because of him.
In his non canon ending where he defeated Shao Khan and saved the world, in spite of his own humility, Stryker was made a hero, receiving both the key to New York City and the Congressional Medal of Freedom. Stryker found the attention from the press overwhelming, with even his biography, "I was just doing my job" becoming a best-seller for a year. Stryker downright refused to have a movie adaptation of his life, as he could not entertain the possibility of being played by Johnny Cage.
Mortal Kombat X[]
25 years after Shao Kahn’s defeat Stryker and the other revenants are still under Quan Chi's control. Kurtis Stryker and others first appear in a flash back fighting Raiden and Fujin at the thunder god's temple. They planned to help Quan Chi and his demon army to aid the fallen Elder God Shinnok in quest for revenge against the Elder Gods and for the possessed heroes to get their chance for revenge on Raiden. The thunder god and wind god defeated the demons but the revenants of the former heroes put up a much better fight against the two gods. Though the revenants were more difficult to default to defeat then the demons the revenants struggled to defeat the two gods as much as the gods struggled to beat the former heroes.
Raiden and Fujin defeated the revenants but by then Quan Chi had already summoned Shinnok into the temple. When Shinnok was summoned into Raiden's this gave the revenants a chance to recover and strike back the revenants almost won against Raiden and Fujin with the help of Quan Chi but they still lost to the gods. This gave Shinnok the opportunity he needed to over power Raiden and Fujin until Sonya and Johnny showed up. After the Elder God was defeated and imprisoned Quan Chi and his revenants had escaped. Later in the game Stryker and all of Quan Chi's revenants escort him to his fortress to meet with D'Vorah. They had to get there with demon horses because of Quan Chi's magic becoming weaker this lead them right into an ambush set by the Special Forces.
Stryker, Kabal, Nightwolf, Kitana, and Sindel fought against the soldiers while also facing Sareena, Kenshi and Jax. While Liu Kang and Kung Lao managed to sneak Quan Chi into his fort the revenants were protecting Quan Chi but they had also provided a distraction as the sorcerer and two of his right hand henchmen slipped by almost unnoticed. As the battle went on between the revenants and Special Forces Kabal charged in with his hooked swords taking the soldiers head on. Kitana got up close with hand to hand combat because of her skills as an assassin Sindel managed to up close into the battle as well. While Nightwolf, Smoke and Stryker provided cover fire Nightwolf attacked with his energy attacks while Stryker with his firearms.
Like all of the revenants Stryker managed kill and wound a few of the Special Forces soldiers. As Jax fought against Kung Lao, Kabal is seen in the background fighting Kenshi while Kitana fought Sareena while Stryker andthe othersfought the soldiers. After Jax beat Kung Lao Sindel worked her way up to Jax while in the background the fights with Kabal and Kenshi, Kitana and Sareena, the revenants and Special Forces still went on. After Jax defeated Sindel he went over to help Sareena against Kitana as Kabal and Kenshi, the revenants and Special Forces still fought in the background.
After the defeat of three of Quan Chi's top comanders at the hands of Jax the tables had turned and Special Forces had the advantage. Although the revenants were forced into a retreat they succeed in their goal of making sure that Quan Chi made it to his castle. But by the time Quan Chi made into his fortress Liu Kang was the only one left to protect Quan Chi. When the tides had turned and the revenants retreated after the battle Kabal, Nightwolf and Stryker haven't be seen. While Liu Kang, Smoke, Sindel, Kitana and Kung Lao appeared again this time in Earthrealm after Shinnok has be freed the other revenants did not appear with them. Only five revenants showed up in Earthrealm to rescue the sorcerer while the other three didn't come to earth.
Mortal Kombat 11[]
While Stryker did not appear in Mortal Kombat 11, Jax briefly mentioned him to Robocop, describing him as "supercop". In Robocop's Arcade ending, Stryker is seen as part of the "Inter-agency effort" to take down OCP.
Personality[]
He is more nihillistic and a brave police officer to the Earthrealm, later after getting killed by Sindel, he becomes evil when is ressurected by Quan Chi.
Quotes[]
| “ | One of New York City's Finest, Stryker is a one-man SWAT team. | „ |
| ~ Kurtis Stryker's biography in Mortal Kombat (2011) |
| “ | Enough of this! It's you and me Freakshow! | „ |
| ~ Kurtis Stryker to Reptile |
Trivia[]
- Stryker's Mortal Kombat (2011)'s bio features many references to the action movies Speed and Die Hard.
- Stryker spends the majority of Mortal Kombat (2011)'s Story Mode in his alternate outfit. Oddly, he only appears wearing his primary outfit after being resurrected and forced to serve Quan Chi.
- In a Top 10 list hosted by Screwattack.com, Stryker was placed at #3 of the worst characters in the Mortal Kombat series. However, they did say that he is much cooler in Mortal Kombat (2011) but "the damage is already done" and "the scars are too deep".
- Stryker Gun Shot is the fastest projectile in Mortal Kombat (2011) as it hits the opponent immediately after the activation.
- It is also the only Special Move that can be delayed in both enhanced and normal version.
- In Nightwolf's chapter (15) in Mortal Kombat 2011's Story Mode, when the Lin Kuei enters the Cathedral, Stryker is the one who starts fighting Sektor. However, after Nightwolf beat Cyrax, Smoke is seen being beaten by Sektor. Stryker is seen briefly in the background of Nightwolf fighting a gray cyborg.
